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Mar 27, 2017

Alumnus Sells Souq to Amazon for $650M

ECE Alum Ronaldo Mouchawar, E'88, ME'90, has sold his start-up Souq.com, which is now the largest e-commerce platform in the Arab world, to Amazon for $650M.

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Mar 24, 2017

The Hidden Flaws of Boston's Worst Intersections

CEE Professor Peter Furth was interviewed by NBC Boston for his expertise in traffic safety.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Mar 24, 2017

2017NSF GRFP Recipients

Several current students and alumni are recipients of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Awards.

Chemical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Mar 23, 2017

Ganguly Receives NASA Grant for Deep Learning Related to Earth Sciences

CEE Associate Professor Auroop Ganguly secured a BAERI grant from NASA to developing machine learning approaches for the earth sciences, improving satellite and earth systems data through advances in estimation, forecasting and modeling of the earth and its climate.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Mar 23, 2017

FY18 TIER 1 Award Recipients

21 COE faculty and affiliates were recipients of FY18 TIER 1 Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grants for 12 different projects representing $600K dollars of investment in research.

Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Mar 22, 2017

CEE Assistant Professor Ameet Pinto Featured in Engineering and Physical Sciences News Release in the UK

Chance find has big implications for water treatment's costs and carbon footprint A type of bacteria accidentally discovered during research supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) […]

Mar 22, 2017

Amirabadi Awarded Patent

ECE Assistant Professor Mahshid Amirabadi awarded a patent for "Sparse and Ultra-Sparse Partial Resonant Converters". Abstract Source: USPTO The AC portion of the input of the ultra-sparse partial resonant power converter […]

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Mar 21, 2017

TechCrunch: Valkyrie robot ‘helps lay the groundwork for Mars settlements’

ECE Associate Professor Taskin Padir was featured in TechCrunch in the article "In a Massachusetts warehouse, NASA’s Valkyrie robot helps lay the groundwork for Mars settlements"

Electrical & Computer Engineering